Kreesha Turner

“As soon as I got out of high school, I told my parents that I'm going to try as hard as I can for the next five years and if nothing happens, I'll go back to school and my back-up plan.” - Kreesha Turner

Kreesha Turner is a Canadian R&B singer from Edmonton, Alberta, who recently released her first album Passion.

SEX APPEAL

Kreesha Turner comes from a Canadian/Jamaican background, and populates her songs with sultry R&B influences as diverse as Oscar Peterson and Erykah Badu. Also, she's quite the looker, with a polished look and eyes that go right through you.

SUCCESS

When she was 15 years old, Kreesha Turner won a radio contest in her hometown of Edmonton, earning her the right to record a four-song EP. The EP quickly produced a hit, and pretty soon she was in the studio recording what would become her debut album. Since then, her songs have been used in several TV shows and commercials.

Kreesha Turner Biography

Kreesha Turner was born and raised in Edmonton, where her earliest music influences were jazz icons like Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald. Later, she would fall in love with R&B and hip-hop. When she was 15 years old, she spent a year living in Jamaica where she began to sing in a Pentecostal church. She would bring this love of music back to Canada with her.

kreesha turner releases passion

After years performing in Edmonton’s local music scene, Kreesha Turner won a radio contest that allowed her to record a four-song EP. The EP produced the hit song “Bounce With Me,” which received heavy radio rotation and was featured on TV shows like Entourage and Gossip Girl.

In late summer 2008, Kreesha Turner released the album Passion, which spawned another hit single, “Don’t Call Me Baby.”